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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?william=20terry?= <williamterry12@yahoo.com.br>
Reply-To: williamterry2@yahoo.gr
Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 16:01:08 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Charitable Trust....Reply


Meu novo endereço de e-mailAgora você pode me contactar através do e-mail: williamterry12@yahoo.com.br

My dear beloved,

Please read this mail with a kind and helping heart as

I sincerely mean every word I say in this mail which I

have directed personally to you as I recieved a

special vision during prayers to reach you,hoping you

will make my dreams come true.

As you read this, I don't want you to feel sorry for

me, because, I believe everyone will die someday. My

name is

Terry Williams,I am presently in the United Kingdom

recieving treatment after series of operations on my

spinal cord and legs.

It has defiled all forms of medical treatment, and

right now I have only about a few months to live,

according to medical

experts. I was actually involved in a serious motor

accident a few years ago,thinking that after some

months,I would be okay.Unfortunately,it has been worse

each time I had an operation and I have since been

transfered from one hospital to another which has

really been a bad experience.To worsen my situation,My

wife and four childreN whom I love so much came to

England to visit me and on their way to the

airport,were involved in a motor accident too which

took their lives.I am presently on life support as I

can hardly hear or breath,so I decided to stay here in

Englad in a private clinic were I will simply read

holy books and pray till my time is up,afterall my

family is completely lost.

Now that the Lord has called me, I want the Lord to be

merciful to me and accept my soul so I have decided to

give also to

charity organizations, as I want this to be one of the

last good deeds I do on earth.Now that my health has

deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this

myself anymore. I once asked members of my family to

close one of my accounts and distribute the money

which I have there to

charity organizations in America and Europe, they

refused and kept the money to themselves.

Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not

to be contended with what I have left for them. The

last of my money

which no one knows of apart from my late wife,is the

huge cash deposit of thirteen million dollars

$13,000,000.00 that I have with a finance institution

in Europe.It is funds which I recieved as compensation

from my formers employers(Sheel Petroluem)after they

heard of my accident and decided to terminate my

contract. I will want you to help me collect this

deposit and dispatche it to certain charity

organizations.


Please make sure you give to the following

organisations.


1.All red cross branches in England,no matter how

little the amount may be.

2.All Christian Churches in England,no matter how

little the amount may be too.

3.All Motherless babies homes in

Sweden,Germany,U.S.A,Switzerland and indonesia.

4.From your kind heart as the Lord may also direct

you,anyone who is in need or organisations you know of

that may need help.

I have set aside 20% for you once you do this for

me,which is about $2.6 miilion Dollars.

Please remember to keep this known to

yourself alone and I for now,as I am doing this as a

contribution to life on earth.I will also appreciate

if you provide me with your contact mobile and home phone

numbers,so that i can call you and put you through the

whole process.I will really appreciate your quick

response.

Stay Blessed,

Terry Williams.











- william terry


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